The Brass and the Blue

Schwabacker cast all rules and regulations aside when he ordered that the wagons be abandoned; that the horses be moved eight times in three hours; as he ordered the bugler to sound all garrison calls promptly and on the minute; as he gave the hostiles an engraved invitation to attack. Spotted Tail and his braves outnumbered the small cavalry troop ten-to-one. But Lieutenant Schwabacker was in command now. He’d waited a long time for his chance at glory and nothing was going to...
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Schwabacker cast all rules and regulations aside when he ordered that the wagons be abandoned; that the horses be moved eight times in three hours; as he ordered the bugler to sound all garrison calls promptly and on the minute; as he gave the hostiles an engraved invitation to attack. Spotted Tail and his braves outnumbered the small cavalry troop ten-to-one. But Lieutenant Schwabacker was in command now. He’d waited a long time for his chance at glory and nothing was going to stop him – even if it meant breaking every rule in the book – even if it meant jeopardizing the life of every man in his patrol …Will Cook’s novels range widely in time and place – from the Illinois frontier of 1811 to southwest Texas in 1905. The common thread in a Will Cook western is his compassion for his characters. His hardy folks survive in a wild and inhospitable land, and sometimes make mistakes, hurt the people they care for, and succumb to their baser impulses. Cook’s flawed characters provide a welcome added dimension to his tales of the frontier